Small, self-contained transmitters, transmitting on specific frequencies, are hidden in the city. They sponge their energy from public power sockets, light fixtures and transmission lines to deliver their monologues. Listeners/walkers/neighbors tune in on portable radios, and move from one transmission field to the next, cross-fading transmitted messages as they walk through the city.

ROBO POEMS TELLS THE THOUGHTS AND STORIES OF A DISENCHANTED TECHNO-BEING - A ROBOT LOSING HIMSELF IN THE SPACE AND PEOPLE OF LOWER MANHATTAN, NYC.

Concept and initial development for ROBO POEMS was part of a residency at Eyebeam, NYC. Some of the hardware hacks and other ideas came out of a transmitter building workshop Jamie did with Tianna Kennedy of free103point9.